Edward DiPrete, a former governor who served a year in prison after pleading guilty to bribery and other charges, is not entitled to collect his pension, the State Supreme Court ruled. The court ruled, however, that his wife, Patricia, was an...

In a surprise ending to one of Rhode Island's biggest corruption cases, former Gov. Edward D. DiPrete pleaded guilty today to 18 charges of corruption, admitting that he accepted bribes and extorted money from contractors while in office. Despite...

Racketeering, bribery and extortion charges against former Gov. Edward DiPrete and his son were dismissed today by a judge because of what he termed misconduct by prosecutors. The judge, Dominic Cresto of Superior Court, said prosecutors had...

Bathed in the ochre hues of the City Council's chambers in this fading industrial city, a voter ambled to the microphone and attacked the Republican running for Congress as being "Ed DiPrete's handpicked candidate." In Washington, 399 miles south,...

LEAD: Medical wastes similar to those that have fouled beaches in the New York area have begun to appear on beaches in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Governor Edward D. DiPrete of Rhode Island said today that his state would immediately begin an...

The Governors of seven Northeastern states joined today in celebrating what they called a dramatic turnaround of the Northeast's economy over the last decade. ''The Northeast economy is now the engine that drives this nation,'' said Gov. Edward...